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The Mandalorian's Gina Carano Faces Backlash Over Social Media Posts, Again

The actress who plays Cara Dune on the popular Disney+ series is facing criticism over comparing political disagreements to Nazi Germany.

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Actress Gina Carano is facing a backlash on social media over recent posts, including one that compared modern-day political disagreements to Nazi Germany. [Update: Gina Carano will no longer be part of Star Wars.]

Variety reports that the star stirred controversy on social media by sharing an Instagram post, suggesting that hating someone for their political views is akin to Germans hating Jewish citizens in 1930s Germany. The post had originally appeared on another account, but Carano's sharing of it sparked controversy.

"Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children," the post read. "Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views."

Another recent post seemed to make light of masking in light of coronavirus regulations. Both of those were removed. Others that share controversial or conspiratorial views have remained, including one that simply says, "Jeff Epstein didn't kill himself."

This latest round of controversy has renewed calls to drop her from The Mandalorian, inspiring a #FireGinaCarano hashtag.

Carano has inspired backlash before, having altered her Twitter bio in a way that was seen as making light of using a person's gender-affirming pronouns. She later removed that from her Twitter bio, saying that her Mandalorian co-star Pedro Pascal helped her understand the purpose of them.

Carano's character on The Mandalorian, Cara Dune, has appeared semi-regularly across both seasons. She was a bigger part of the second season, appearing in multiple episodes and factoring into the season finale conflict. There has also been speculation that Cara Dune will be a major part of the spin-off show Rangers of the New Republic, given that the character became a New Republic Ranger in the course of the show.

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Morons.

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The last article by Mason Downey actually hit the nail right on the head.

You're paid to represent your job. And to follow orders in it. It doesn’t matter what the job is, you represent that entity you work for. You cannot just speak your mind and be who you are. I learned that the hard way when I was fired from a few different positions of work. For being quirky, annoyingly kind, semi-crass, and having no filter. The longest-kept job I had was when I was quiet, Self-contained, and way limited in verbality. There is a reason why famous public speakers and politicians weren’t working a job at a big-name company while speaking their political views. Martin Luther King didn’t have a job when he spoke about the injustice and inequality of black people, nor Mahatma Gandhi, nor Vladimir Lenin, nor the people who rallied the French people in the French revolution, nor Malcolm x. All of those famous public speakers were jobless because they knew they couldn’t get work while speaking views, that were against the people they worked for. It was also fully idiotic to do so, because those people who fund it can control it. But, a woman who gets punched in the face for a living probably has a few screws loosen by lady knuckles, so I’ll cut her just a pinch of slack. Also, for everyone trying to make a difference. Please don’t use Twitter, Facebook, or any social media site as a platform to do so. That’s just tacky and pathetic. Especially if it’s solely opinionated comments with no sources.

Oh, by the way, you do not need a reason to fire someone. You can just fire someone for literally no reason. So, anyone saying it’s against freedom of speech is an idiot.

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Cancel culture canceled her for criticizing cancel culture.

Disagreements don't equate to getting someone fired which is what keeps happening if you have the wrong political view, which is anything that isn't in line with left wing orthodoxy.

Her comments were spot on.

In your most recent article you argue she was fired for "deliberately posting blatant anti-Semitism on a public account", which is actually GameSpot deliberately posting blatant propaganda on their public site. Nothing she said was remotely anti-Semetic. How is correctly describing what happened to the Jews somehow anti-Semetic?

It's also interesting that your article about how she was fired for being a bad employee has comments turned off.

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It’s funny how she get sacked for indirectly calling liberals nazis and yet liberals outright call everyone who disagrees with them nazis and nothing happens

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As a Liberal I state that the purism we are heading full throttle into will be a major detriment to this nation.

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Yeah...free speech is overrated.

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Poor woman, can't understand the difference between being persecuted and being the persecutor... but she's white so of course she doesn't. Well she'll learn the difference now lol.

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@blankfaced: "but she's white so of course she doesn't"

Typical racist response. Oh wait thats right, these types of racists remarks get free passes....

That said, I do not agree with her.

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@Lach0121: it’s crazy tho how other people can’t just say well... that’s her opinion, I disagree with it but maybe she shouldn’t be sacked for it ??

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@danielxwiles: Agreed. Censorship has always been a problem from the right too. Though you hear it with other words like "morals" "common decency" "respect" "Christian" "family values" etc. But it all basically are used as synonyms for Conservative political correctness. The left has theirs which is quite obvious the past few years, and more recently with their particular wing of the "cancel culture."

The cancel culture is a bi-partisan issue, ask many artists/musician's, or conservative that strayed from the group think of the GOP. Many artists/actors/musicians have had to deal with the cancel culture from the right, though they umbrella (camo) it under the terms I listed above. (quite insincerely at that)

As a liberal I state that the left wing needs to be reminded that the freedom of speech (the 1st amendment) is of liberal ideology, absolutely not conservative ideology. Same with freedom of religion - conservatives would have a national religion as they try every damn day to. The right wing also needs to remember they are in-fact embracing liberal ideology every day when they feel the right to open up their mouths, and demonize the liberals so openly in every way you can think of. (Despite there being any basis of reality to the claims)

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Nazis and its sympathizers did not knowingly become Nazis or its sympathizers, not ever thinking for one second that they will go down as history's worst group of people. However, German people at that time weren't particularly dumb or evil. Rather, they were thinking they were doing the right thing by getting rid of evil people (that target was Jewish people) and the right side of history. Some famous politician, believed to be Winston Churchill, said that Fascists will come in the name of Anti-Fascists in the future. I think that future has already come.

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@sony1979: U.S. author and playwright Sinclair Lewis said in 1935, "When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

U.S. politician Huey Long (D) also said in 1935, when asked if Fascism will come to the United States: "Sure, only we'll call it anti-Fascism."

Huey Long's quote has often been misattributed to Churchill.

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Oh please, there is no such thing as 'cancel culture', it is when normal intelligent people have heard enough of idiotic, under educated people spouting nonsense and simply decide -- to change the channel.

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@jenovaschilld:

I change the channel all the time. That's not cancel culture. Gina Carano was fired, not because people changed the channel but because she criticized people on the left for doing exactly what they did to her. That is cancel culture.

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@jenovaschilld: Tell that to Johnny Depp or Colin Kaepernick. Just two small examples. It's real and you're the problem.

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@jenovaschilld: LOL as an independent liberal. I can actually have the honesty to admit there is in fact a cancel culture. It is anti-liberal as can be too.

Calling on a network/agency etc to get rid of someone because they said something you don't like is not "changing the channel" Its dictating what is on each channel.

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She's not wrong, it all starts the same way. Political, religious or otherwise, hate on this level is the genesis of exactly this. The only reason Disney kicked her is that the implication was applied to their political counter point.

Pretty sad

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@theguyskt: it’s funny how people can’t see that though. They instantly jump to SHE’S COMPARING BEIN a CONSERVATIVE TO BEING A JEW IN NAZI GERMANY !!! REEEEE CANCEL HER

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@danielxwiles:

They can see it. They are purposely pretending to not see it because they support intimidating the side of politics they disagree with into silence.

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@bgrosz: I dont agree with censorship on most all levels. I dont agree with silencing ones speech, or canceling their quasi-celebrity status. (that is applicable to everyone these days)

That said. That is exactly what conservatives have been doing for most of this country's history. Relatively speaking Liberals have quite a ways to go to catch up to Conservatives on that matter. Despite conservatives being so vocal about it now.

The cancel culture from both sides need to understand freedom of speech doesn't come second to people's feelings, and it most certainly doesn't come second to the fragile feelings of a god that has yet to even be proven to exist after all this time.

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@Lach0121:

I would be interested in hearing examples of the long history of conservatives silencing people.

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@bgrosz: I will just give you a small example.

A plethora of artists/musicians From Elvis, to Ozzy, to Kiss, Marilyn Manson, John Lennon, Eminem, Tupac, LL Cool J, Britney Spears, etc etc... The list is rather long.

Conservatives tried to silence these because of a list of BS reasons. They mostly failed.

"family values," "bad influence on children," "over-sexualized," "immoral," "christian values." These are the insincere blanket terms used but were just the conservative political correctness. Still happening today actually.

Even now conservatives are "censuring" their own that step out side of the GOP group think. There are a few senators, congressmen now that are being silenced by their own party because they don't parrot the same line of BS. Anyone in the GOP that didn't vote to acquit the traitor in chief is now being targeted by the GOP. (asked to resign, and massive smear campaigns)

One would have to have a pretty one sided bias to not see this.

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@Lach0121:

Your are conflating criticism with censorship.

Last I checked your entire list was free to do what they have always done. None of them were fired or cancelled. Every single one of them can go to a red state and have a concert. Criticism is not censorship. Using your standard I could list out just about every single person on the planet that ever said anything conservative as being censored by the left. No, cancel culture is using institutions to punish people with the "wrong" political views. Fire from their job, or prevent them from being hired or kick them off web hosting or remove apps from app stores, or suspend/remove their accounts from social media... show me where this happened to people on the left giving their leftist opinions. It applies to none of those whom you have listed.

Censure is a vote of disapproval. Again, that isn't censorship. And for Republicans, their JOB Is politics so yes, if they go a route that the people that voted them in dislike, they are going to hear it. That is massively different than being fired from a non-political job for stating your political views on your own time.

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@bgrosz: This will be my last post with you as it seems with many of your posts you are the one conflating. You disregard failed attempts as not even attempts... Those examples the right tried to force off the air, out of broadcasting, and they failed. They were conservative PC reasons whether you are too loyal to your party to see it or not.

BTW Gina will be allowed to sell her book that she is planning on writing with that clown Ben Shapiro in every blue state...

Being censured comes with it a vote for forced resignation. It did for our Louisiana senator. Because he voted to impeach the traitor in chief. The corruption from the GOP especially in the senate is I'm sure another free pass.

Your bias is definitely a waste of time for me, and the others who have tried to explain things to you.

"for speaking their leftist opinions." You have a hard time connecting dots don't you?!? (rhetorical, don't reply back to answer)

Cancel culture isn't just to cancel/fire/silence those with opposing political views. Its used quite a bit more broadly than that. Though with narrow views I am sure that can be hard to see...

I will move on now, as I get tired of beating my head against walls when it comes to people with such narrow mindsets.

We are done.

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@Lach0121:

"You disregard failed attempts as not even attempts... Those examples the right tried to force off the air, out of broadcasting, and they failed. They were conservative PC reasons whether you are too loyal to your party to see it or not."

You are the one that is blind. You put forth nothing but examples of people who were not cancelled as examples of people the right tried to cancel? Really, the right is just 0 for 2,302,239 on attempted cancellations? Again, you have to be blind to believe that. Elvis? I don't know anyone on the right that doesn't love Elvis. You just made a random list of names of famous people who were not, in any way, cancelled. That is your proof of the right cancelling people? That's insane!

"Being censured comes with it a vote for forced resignation. It did for our Louisiana senator. Because he voted to impeach the traitor in chief. The corruption from the GOP especially in the senate is I'm sure another free pass."

Then why did CNN write this about Bill Cassidy being censured: "Cassidy won reelection in November, meaning he won't face voters for almost another six years."

But also, THAT is politics. That's where it's proper to criticize and fire people that don't represent the will of the people that elected them in the first place. That is not cancelling someone outside of the political sphere because of their political opinions expressed on their own time. Again, it is YOU that is conflating cancellation with something it is not.

"Your bias is definitely a waste of time for me"

Your bias is definitely a waste of time for me. This is for anyone that has a semi logical mind.

"Cancel culture isn't just to cancel/fire/silence those with opposing political views."

YES IT IS!!! That's exactly what it is. The left wants to publicly punish anyone that disagrees with them, and they are doing exactly that. Leftist can give whatever leftist opinions they want on social media with no repercussions where the right needs to shut up or risk being fired.

"I will move on now, as I get tired of beating my head against walls when it comes to people with such narrow mindsets."

This is called projection. You are taking your own attributes and projecting them onto people you disagree with.

"We are done."

What? I don't get any more of your nonsensical arguments?

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Its also ironic as these big corporations are going crazy appeasing these folk yet these people are not the ones who bring in the dollar hence "get woke go broke" now pascal is in the last of us show theres some more money ill save not subscibing and time not watching👍

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@oostu89oo: woke broke? it's true because it rhymes? like "drastical is practical"?

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@santinegrete: its true because it is. just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can howl at the sky and make it go away. cancel me...im waiting.

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@poppen695: it's funny how reactionary some of you are. But in the end you're just the other side of the same coin. You need to be someone to get cancelled tough.

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@santinegrete: like prick and thick, its actually a fact nice try though.

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@oostu89oo: Yeaaaahhh........ Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, EA, Activision, PayPal, Target, Nike, Disney..... All are hurting so much. I'd be really interested to hear about these so-called cases where going "woke" made some big company "broke". In fact, I'd say that Mike Lindell is showing how you can run a company into the ground pretty quickly by going the non-woke direction. He'll probably be ok though.

Seriously though, if you have some actual stories where a company went broke by siding with social justice initiatives, I'd love to hear about them because I honestly can't think of any. Although that would take some actual work rather than just a catchy phrase, so I totally understand if you don't reply. Reading is tough!

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@crazknuk: you know he doesn't have any. He is a scared snowflake.

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@oostu89oo: You give yourself too much importance...

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@blindbsnake: important enough for your to reply to it seem.

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@oostu89oo: Now you are giving me too much importance...

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Is that not what the left have been doing for the last 4 years.??

They tried to force her to do something, she said no they cant accept that so they unleashed hate on her till they got her fired.

Ypu may feel like you're winning right now but as history shows the left will eat its own.

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@oostu89oo: I'm guessing you never heard of:

Macy's

Target

Walmart

Dicks Sporting Goods

Yeti Coolers

Apple

The Wallstreet Journal

Megyn Kelly

Harley Davidson

AT&T

Debra Messing

The Dixie Chicks

Ron White

Paul Krugman

Twitter

Chuck Todd

Netflix

Amazon

Or any of the literal dozens of places and people that the right has called to be fired or boycotted because they disagreed with their politics?

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@drnknnmd:

Moving your business or viewership away from something is very different than getting someone fired.

If viewership dropped for The Mandalorian because people don't want to watch Gina Carano, then that makes sense to let her go. That didn't happen. They fired her BECAUSE of her political views and nothing that impacted the show in any way.

What you are trying to describe with your list is the equivalent of someone on the left not watching Fox News. I would not expect someone on the left to watch Fox News and that isn't what cancel culture is.

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@bgrosz: one, there were people on that list. At least 6 that I threw up off the top of my head.

Two, I can add more people?

James Gunn (and he actually WAS fired). Was GTOG 1 and 2 a flop and gave Disney a reason for firing him? Pretty sure it was a bunch of right wingers who "campaigned" to get him fired. That's not cancel culture?

But let's go on

Whoopi Goldberg

Ted Danson

Stephen Colbert

John Oliver

Jon Stewart

Craig Silverman (who is a conservative, but dared to disagree with Trump)

Chris Stirewalt (again, a conservative, but he called Arizona for Biden, so he got fired because Trump supporters lost their minds)

I can keep going if you'd like?

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@drnknnmd:

Great. Name me one that was fired. No one on your list was.

You are conflating the right criticizing people on the left versus canceling which is to fire someone.

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@bgrosz: since you obviously have a problem with reading comprehension and/or Google, I'll reiterate.

Megyn Kelly

Craig Silverman

James Gunn

Chris Stirewalt

Paul Krugman

Hell, there's 5 just from my list. So again, do you want me to keep going?

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@drnknnmd:

How was Megyn Kelly or Paul Krugman cancelled by the right?

Chris Stirewalt (like Megyn Kelly) work in politics. It's completely different if that is your job and your audience doesn't like your political views. If MSNBC fires a reporter because they are too conservative, I understand that. That person should just go work for Fox News. That's not cancelling someone.

I don't know who Craig Silverman is or how he was cancelled by the right. Did he lose his job because of the right or did he just receive criticism.

So that leaves only James Gunn as a half way reasonable example. I say half way because it's pretty hard to believe that was purely the right cancelling him. This is what James Gunn said:

"I like when little boys touch me in my silly place.”

and

“The best thing about being raped is when you’re done being raped and it’s like ‘whew this feels great, not being raped!'”

Do you believe the left was not part of cancelling him? How would you square the left cancelling Gena Carano for what she said, but this is okay?

But if you want to argue only the right was upset by those tweets, I'll accept it. Since I am on right wing sites on a fairly regular basis, I know what the talk about James Gunn was. It was that so many have been cancelled by the left for stating anything remotely conservative, so how could James Gunn get away with those "jokes"? The right doesn't want to cancel anyone, but when it happens over and over and over again over nothing, then we will do our best to force you to live by these rules you created.

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